My Lotusphere Agenda

January 2, 2012 at 4:00 pm | Posted in Blog, IBM, Lotus, Lotus Notes, Lotusphere, Notes | Leave a comment

My Agenda for Lotusphere 2012

Sunday

2012 Newbie Tour Of Lotusphere
4:00 PM in the Dolphin Rotunda.

NFL Playoff – N.Y. Giants (10-7) at Green Bay (15-1)
4:30 PM – Somewhere

Welcome Reception
6:30 – 9:00 PM
Poolside at the WALT DISNEY WORLD SWAN and DOLPHIN Resort

Monday

Opening General Session
8:00 AM – 11:00 PM 
Dolphin Northern-Southern Hemisphere

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BP202 Cloud Chasing 101: Planning and preparing for your move to Cloud Collaboration
Speakers: Marie Scott
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
DL S. Hemisphere III

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ID222 Exceptional Work Experience – Collaboration in Context with IBM Connection
Speakers:Mac Guidera, Jon Brunn
S. Hem IV -V – Monday  01:00 PM – 02:00 PM

INV301 IBM’s Social Business Strategy
Speakers: Douglas Heintzman, Andrew Warzecha
S. Hem I – Monday  01:00 PM – 02:00 PM

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INV101 Strategy in Action: Messaging and Collaboartion
Speaker: Ed Brill
DL N. Hemisphere A-E  - Monday  02:15 PM – 03:15 PM

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ID212 IBM Sametime Voice and Video: Understanding the Deployment Options
Speaker: Pat Galvin
TBD – Monday  03:45 PM – 04:45 PM

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SHOW301 Leveraging the Sametime Proxy to support mobile users and web application
Speakers: Brendan Murray, Anthony Payne
Swan Osprey – Monday  04:30 PM – 06:15 PM

INV209 Strategy in Action: UCC & IBM Sametime
Speaker: John Delpizzo
N. Hem A -E – Monday  05:00 PM – 06:00 PM

FS216 Social App Throwdown
Speakers: Doug Cox, Kevin Cavanaugh
N. Hem A-C – Monday  05:30 PM – 06:30 PM

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UK NIGHT @ Lotusphere
Shulas’ Lounge, Dolphin Hotel
8pm-10pm, Monday 16th January

Tuesday

BP102 User Blast with Mat Newman
Speaker: Mat Newman
S. Hem IV -V – Tuesday  10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

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NERD101 Spark Ideas, featured by the Nerd Girls
Speaker: Gabriella Davis
Swan Mockingbird 1 – 2 – Tuesday  11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

ID221 What’s New in IBM Connections 4
Speakers: Suzanne Livingston, David Brooks
Dolphin – S. Hem I – Tuesday  11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

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ID101 Whats New in IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.3 and Beyond
Speaker: Saurabh Calla
N. Hem A -E – Tuesday  01:30 PM – 02:30 PM

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ID219 IBM Sametime & Microsoft – A Full Stack Integration Story
Speaker: Olivier Bernin
Swan – Mockingbird 1 & 2 – Tuesday  02:15 PM – 03:15 PM

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BP110 A Performance Boost for your IBM Lotus Notes Client
Speakers: Florian Vogler, CTO, Francie Tanner
S. Hem III – Tuesday  03:30 PM – 04:30 PM

ID213 What’s New in IBM Sametime
Speakers: Brian Ricker, Marlon O. Machado
Dolphin S. Hemisphere 1 – Tuesday  03:30 PM – 04:30 PM

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BP201 Assemble ‘n Go: Integrate Data and Directories with IBM Tivoli Directory Integrator
Speakers: Marie Scott, Thomas Duff
Mockingbird 1 & 2 – Tuesday  04:45 PM – 05:45 PM

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GEEK101 SpeedGeeking! 
Speaker: Assorted Speakers
Pacific Hall – Tuesday  06:15 PM – 07:30 PM

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The Great Geek Challenge
Tuesday 17th January
Fountain Restaurant (Bottom of the Dolphin escalators)
8pm – 10pm

Wednesday

IBM Sametime 8.5.2 Administration Guide Book Signing
Gabriella Davis, Marie L. Scott, Thomas Duff
9:15am-10:00am

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ID231 eDiscovery and Compliance in Real Time Collaboration
Speaker: Mark Sheridan
SW 7-8 – Wednesday  10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

ID234 Trusting Your Data to IBM LotusLive Notes 
Speaker: David Kern
Dolphin S. Hem II – Wednesday  10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

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ID117 What’s new in IBM Lotus Notes Traveler 
Speakers: Bill Wimer, Paul Miller
S. Hem II – Wednesday  11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

ID235 Demystifying IBM LotusLive Notes Administration
Speakers:Scott Souder; Chris Baker
DL S. Hemisphere III – Wednesday  11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

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BP301 Leveraging all the entitled software you never knew you had with license subscription
Speakers: Gabriella Davis, Paul Mooney
N. Hem E – Wednesday  01:30 PM – 02:30 PM

BP105 tick.tick.tick.tick. #! It’s time to Evangelize, Educate and Energize your users to Get Productive, Get Social and Do Business!
Speaker: Mat Newman
S. Hem IV -V – Wednesday  03:00 PM – 04:00 PM

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BP205 IBM Sametime Pick ‘n’Mix: System Designs That Fit 
Speaker: Gabriella Davis
Pelican 1 & 2 – Wednesday  04:15 PM – 05:15 PM

ID220 IBM Sametime Unified Telephony Lite: Communicating with Devices
Speaker: Binh Q. Nguyen
Swan Mockingbird – Wednesday  04:15 PM – 05:15 PM

FS216 Social App Throwdown
Speakers: Kevin Cavanaugh; Doug Cox
DL N. Hemisphere A-C – Wednesday  05:30 PM – 06:30 PM

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Lotusphere 2012 Party
Wednesday, 7:00 – 10:30 PM
SeaWorld Orlando

Thursday

TWiL show at Lotusphere 2012 
8:00-9:45am in one of the Dolphin Europe rooms (exact location to be confirmed)

SHOW103 How to use InstallShield Tuner for Lotus Notes
Speaker: Andy Donaldson
SW Osprey 1-2 – Thursday  08:00 AM – 09:45 AM

BP206 Your Social Business advantage: using IBM Sametime to integrate telephony, audio and video; tying people and customers together in powerful ways 
Speaker: David Price
Mockingbird 1 & 2 – Thursday  08:30 AM – 09:30 AM

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ID108 Virtual Realities: IBM Lotus Client Software in a Virtual Environment 
Speaker: Sarah E. Lachance
Osprey 1 & 2 – Thursday  10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

GURU101 GURUpalooza!
Speaker: Assorted Speakers
SW 5 –10 – Thursday  10:00 AM – 11:00 AM

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ASK102 Ask the Product Managers
Speaker: Assorted Speakers
SW 5 –10 – Thursday  11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

ID111 New Single Sign-on Options for IBM Lotus Notes & Domino
Speaker: Jane B. Marcus
S. Hem IV -V – Thursday  11:15 AM – 12:15 PM

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ASK101 Ask the Developers
Speaker: Assorted Speakers
SW 5 – 10 – Thursday  01:30 PM – 02:45 PM

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Closing General Session
DL N. Hemisphere A-S. HemisphereIV-V – Thursday  03:15 PM – 04:30 PM

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2012 Blogger Open!
Thursday after the Lotusphere Closing General Session
Disney’s Fantasia Gardens Miniature Golf Course

My Links to Lotusphere Resources

December 23, 2011 at 12:12 pm | Posted in Blog, IBM, Lotus, Lotusphere | 3 Comments

A compilation of links to Lotusphere information and resources

Official Lotusphere Page

Lotusphere 12 Guide – Sharon “social shazza” Bellamy

Social Shazza’s Lotusphere for Newbies

Andy Donaldson’s Guide to Lotusphere 12

The Turtle (Scott Wenzel) explains how you can do LS on about $5 a day (ish)

The plain simple guide to conferences – Ulrich Krause

The Lotusphere Podcast – brought to you by Stuart McIntyre and an army of minions

Lotusphere 2012 Social Aggregator

Genii Software’s 12th Annual Lotusphere Agenda Database for PDA Synching and Session Planning

Lotusphere sessions on your iPhone, iPad and Blackberry

Lotusphere 2012 Sessions as a PDF

The Lotusphere Blog

Lotusphere Sessions

2012 Blogger Open at Lotusphere

Lotusphere on lanyrd.com

Lotusphere Social Media Aggregator

The Blogger Open

The Great Geek Challenge

The Lotusphere Blog

UK Night

Mitch “Curious Mitch” Cohen

Luis Benitez – Socialize Me

Chris Miller – IdoNotes (and Sleep) – Getting social at Lotusphere 2012 with IdoCheckin, Flickr, Twitter and more

Lotusphere Community on Greenhouse

Lotusphere Book Signings Cheat Sheet

Getting The Most From Lotusphere

IdoCheckIn site updated for Lotusphere 2012

Mitch Cohen - People to Thank at Lotusphere

IBM Connect and Lotusphere Livestream schedule

An Introductory Guide To Lotusphere For The New Attendee

Essential Geek Travel Gadgets

Lotusphere Sessions On Your Calendar

Lotusphere lingo: ‘Talk the talk’

I’m Going to Lotusphere!

December 12, 2011 at 1:26 pm | Posted in Blog | 2 Comments
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After attending the past two Lotusphere conferences virtually, I’m finally going to Lotusphere.  At my urging, my company, DAI, started attending Lotusphere in 2010 with just one attendee. In 2011, we sent six staff, most of which were developers. This year, 2012, we’re again sending at least six staff, including our two Lotus Notes/Domino messaging administrators, a few developers, and me.

This will be the first time in many years that I’ve attended a weeklong conference. During the 1980’s, I attended most of the twice yearly, weeklong, IBM SHARE conferences and a few of the interim conferences. SHARE was social before the term social was coined. A lot of us communicated between sessions, helping each other overcome issues with installing, configuring and running IBM mainframe software. SCIDS, SHARE Committee for Informal Discussion Session or Session Containing Inebriates, Drunks, and Sots, depending on who you asked, an open bar held in the evenings, Sunday through Thursday, was the main social event.

In preparation for Lotusphere, I read Lotusphere Tips – New to Lotusphere? by  Sharon “social shazza” Bellamy and Andy Donaldson’s Andy’s Guide to Lotusphere 2012 – It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine edition! Let’s see: wear confortable shoes as you’ll be doing a lot of walking, bring plenty of Pepto and/or Imodium, don’t forget chargers for your laptop, tablet, an smartphone … Oh yeah, be prepared for a lot of drinking (no problem).

I’m looking forward to my first Lotusphere and also looking forward to meeting the people I only know from their blogs and from Twitter.

See you in January …

Moving to A Mac

August 25, 2011 at 2:12 pm | Posted in Apple, Lion, Mac, Mac OS, OS X | 2 Comments

My new MacBook Pro should arrive next week. I haven’t used a Mac for more than a few days at a time for over 10 years, so I’ve started compiling links to help me learn (re-learn) Mac OS and moving from Windows.

  • Tao of Mac – How to Switch to the Mac
  • My Fist Mac – Switching from Windows

    • Other resources:

    Moving To a Mac

    August 7, 2011 at 8:42 pm | Posted in Apple, Mac OS | 1 Comment

    I’m getting a new MacBook Pro in a week or two. I haven’t used a Mac for more than a few days at a time for over 10 years, so I’ve started compiling links to help me learn (re-learn) Max OS and moving from Windows.

    Switch 101: Migrate your Windows files or system to your Mac

    IBM Software I’ve Used Over the Years

    June 17, 2011 at 12:34 pm | Posted in IBM, Software | Leave a comment

    Here’s a list of the IBM software I’ve supported/used over the years. I’m sure I’ve left off a few.

    AIX – IBM’s proprietary UNIX OS (Advanced Interactive eXecutive)

    DOS/360 (Disk Operating System/360)

    OS/360 (Operating System/360 for IBM System/360)

    MFT (Multiprogramming with a Fixed number of Tasks option)

    MVT (Multiprogramming with a Variable number of Tasks option)

    OS/VS2 (Operating System – Virtual Storage 2) for IBM System/370

    MVS – Release 2-3.8 (Multiple Virtual Address Spaces)

    MVS/SE – MVS System Extensions

    MVS/SP – MVS/System Product, replacement for MVS/SE

    MVS/XA (Multiple Virtual Systems – Extended Architecture) – MVS/SP V2

    MVS/ESA (Multiple Virtual Systems – Enterprise Systems Architecture)

    PC-DOS (Personal Computer Disk Operating System)

    OS/2 (Operating System/2) for the IBM PS/2

    VM/CMS, now z/VM (Virtual Machine/Conversational Monitor System)

    Autocoder macro assemblers for various machines, with nothing in common but the name

    COBOL (Common Business Oriented Language) – never programmed in it but could read it

    FORTRAN (originally developed by IBM for the 704) (FORmula TRANslator) – never programmed in it but could read it

    JCL batch job language for OS/360 and successors

    JES2 and JES3, job entry and spooling subsystems

    Pascal

    PL/I (Programming Language/One)

    REXX scripting language (REstructured eXtended eXecutor)

    IBM Administrative Terminal System (ATS) Online Text Entry, Editing, Processing, Storage and Retrieval

    IBM CICS (Customer Information Control System)

    IBM Lotus Notes (Lotus Development was bought by IBM in 1995)

    IBM Lotus Sametime

    IBM Lotus SmartSuite Office Suite

    IBM Lotus Symphony Office Suite

    IBM OMEGAMON (when it was a Candle product)

    IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (Formerly ADSM)

    SPF/ISPF – System Productivity Facility/Interactive System Productivity Facility

    DFSORT – Data Facility Sort

    DF/EF – Data Facility/Extend Function

    TCAM – Terminal Communications Access Method)

    VSAM (Virtual Storage Access Method)

    Information System

    Information Management

    SMP – System Modification Program/Extended

    SMP/E – System Modification Program/Extended

    IBM Hardware I’ve Used Over the Years

    June 17, 2011 at 12:32 pm | Posted in Hardware, IBM | Leave a comment

    Here’s a list of the IBM hardware I’ve supported/used over the years. I’m sure I’ve left off a few.

    407 – Accounting Machine

    029 – Card Punch

    084 – Card Sorter

    087 – Collator

    1401 – Small Business Computer

    360/40 – Central Processing Unit; small range

    360/50 – Central Processing Unit; mid range

    360/65 – Central Processing Unit; mid range

    370/158 – Central Processing Unit; mid range

    2311 – Disk drive (removable – 7.5 MB)

    2314 – Disk drive (removable – 28.6 MB)

    2321 – Data Cell – Tape cartridge Drive with removable cells (400 MB)

    3330 – Disk drive. (95.4 MB each spindle, up to 32 spindles per "subsystem")

    3330-11 – Disk drive. Double the density of 3330-1

    3336 – Disk pack for 3330-1, 3330-2

    3336-11 – Disk pack for 3330-11

    3350 – Disk drive (317.5MB)

    3380 – Disk drive; 2.46 GB per each 2-drive module, later double- and triple-density versions

    3390 – Disk drive; 1, 2, 3 and 9 GB initially; later expanded to 27 GB

    3830 – Storage control models 1 and 2

    3880 – Dual-channel DASD controller for 3350,3375,3380. Later models with up to 64MB cache. First hard disk cache in the industry.

    3990 – Quad-channel DASD controller for 3390.

    2401 – Magnetic tape drive (7 Track – 6 data bits & 1 parity bit; 200/556/800 Characters/inch)

    2401 – Magnetic tape drive (9 Track – 8 data bits & 1 parity bit; 800/1600 Characters/inch)

    2420 – Magnetic tape drive (9 Track – 8 data bits & 1 parity bit)

    3411 – Magnetic tape unit and controller

    3420 – Magnetic tape drive (9 Track – 8 data bits & 1 parity bit)

    3480 – Cartridge tape drive; 1984

    2701 – Communication Controller

    2821 – Control unit (for 2540 Reader/Punch and 1403 Printer)

    2841 – DASD Control unit (for 2311, 2301, 2302, 2303, and 2321)

    IBM 2860 – Selector Channel (for SYS/360 & 370)

    IBM 2870 – Multiplex Channel (for SYS/360 & 370)

    IBM 3174 – Subsystem controller

    2540 – IBM System/360 Card reader/punch

    2880 – Block Multiplex Channel (for 360/85 and 195, 370/165, 168, 195)

    3174 – Subsystem controller

    3271 – Remote control unit

    3272 – Local control unit

    3274 – Control unit

    3276 – Control unit display station

    3704 – Communication Controller

    3705 – Communication Controller

    3178 – Display station for IBM 3270

    3179 – Display station (color or graphics) for IBM 3270

    3180 – 132 character terminal

    3191 – Display station

    3192 – Terminal. 24 or 32 lines. Record and playback keystrokes function. All configurations done through keyboard.

    3192G – Terminal. 24 or 32 lines. Graphics.

    3193 – Display station

    3194 – Advanced function colour display

    3196 – Display station

    3197 – Color display work station

    3203-5 – Printer

    3211 – High Speed Impact Printer for Sys/370

    3216 – 3211 Impact Printer’s Character print train

    3262 – Line printer

    3268 – Dot matrix printer

    3270 – CRT Terminal

    3275 – Display station

    3277 – Terminal

    3278 – Display station

    3279 – Color graphic terminal; 1979

    2821 – Control unit (for 2540 Reader/Punch and 1403 Printer)

    1403 – IBM 1401 Printer, type chain; 1959

    1416 – IBM 1403 Interchangeable Train Cartridge

    2540 – IBM System/360 Card reader/punch

    5150 – the classic IBM PC – 1981

    5160 – IBM Personal Computer XT – 1983

    5162 – IBM Personal Computer XT/286

    5170 – IBM Personal Computer/AT – 1984

    LotusLive Offerings Summary

    April 29, 2011 at 4:11 pm | Posted in IBM, Lotus, Lotus Notes, LotusLive | Leave a comment

    I’ve been trying to wrap my arms around all the various LotusLive offerings with a lot of difficulty. The only summary I’ve found was the LotusLive Executive Summary from Chuck Connell in the LotusLive Wiki. Using the table in that summary and information from the various LotusLIve web pages, I created the following summary:

    LotusLive Offerings Summary

    LotusLive Offerings Summary

    Name

    Features

    Price

    iNotes

    Browser-based webmail

    Includes:

    · Webmail, contacts and calendaring

    · 25 GB of storage per user

    · Access via Webmail, POP3, IMAP and authenticated SMTP

    · Support for mobile devices via IMAP IDLE

    · Built in spam and virus protection

    $3/user/month

    $2/user/month – Discount for current Lotus customer

    Notes

    Email with Notes client or browser

    Includes:

    · Access e-mail via the Notes client, web browser, or both

    · Support for hybrid integration

    · Robust calendaring and scheduling

    · Mobile Options

    · Integrated Sametime instant messaging

    · Built in spam and virus protection

    · 25 GB of storage per user

    $5/user/month

    Engage

    Expanded social networking, instant messaging, online meetings

    Includes:

    · Unlimited Web meetings

    · File sharing

    · Integrated Sametime instant messaging

    · Easy-to-use administration and Account management tools

    · Desktop Sharing

    · Application Sharing

    · Guest Accounts

    · Business networking capabilities

    · Slide Presentation

    · Participant Roster

    · Project Management

    · Dashboard

    · Personal Profile

    · Contact Management

    · Communities

    · Video & Polling

    · Surveys

    · Charts

    · Online Storage

    Standard: $8/user/month, unlimited collaborators, up to 200 meeting attendees, all internal attendees must subscribe

    Unlimited: $46/month, unlimited collaborators, up to 15 meeting attendees

    Current Lotus Customer: $7.00 USD

    Discount for current Lotus customers. You receive a discount on the Engage Standard price. The Engage Standard price includes up to 200 attendees. Intra-company collaboration requires subscriptions by all internal participants.

    Collaboration and Meetings Suite (Complete Collaboration Suite)

    Expanded social networking, instant messaging, online meetings, Notes and webmail

    Includes:

    · Guest Accounts

    · Dashboard

    · Easy-to-use administration and Account management tools

    · Contact Management Business networking capabilities

    · Communities

    · Access e-mail via the Notes client, web browser, or both

    · Unlimited Web meetings

    · Robust calendaring and scheduling

    · File sharing

    · Integrated Sametime instant messaging

    · Project Management

    · Personal Profile

    · Surveys

    · Charts

    $10/user/month, all internal users must subscribe

    Meetings

    Online meetings

    Includes:

    · Unlimited Web meetings

    · Enhanced videocasting features

    · Ability to save up to 10 presentations for easy recall

    · Integrated Sametime instant messaging

    · Top-notch technical team available for support

    · Easy-to-use administration and Account management tools

    · A virtual conference room

    · Desktop Sharing

    · Application Sharing

    · Slide Presentation

    · Participant Roster

    · Video & Polling

    $6/user/month, all internal attendees must subscribe

    $39/month, up to 15 attendees

    Current Lotus Customer: $5.00 USD

    Discount for current Lotus customers You receive a discount on the Meetings Standard price. The Meetings Standard price includes web conferences for up to 200 attendees. Intra-company web conferences requires subscriptions by all internal participants.

    Events

    Online meetings, meeting event management

    Includes:

    · Unlimited Web meetings for up to 1,000 participants

    · Event management tools and templates

    · Event rehearsals

    · Automated e-mail services

    · Access registration information and event summary

    · Top-notch technical team available for support

    · Easy-to-use administration and Account management tools

    · Event Management

    · Integrated Sametime instant messaging

    · Desktop Sharing

    · Application Sharing

    · Slide Presentation

    · A virtual conference room

    · Participant Roster

    · Video & Polling

    $79/month, up to 1000 attendees

    Connections

    Basic social networking for business, instant messaging, no online meetings

    Includes:

    · File sharing

    · Integrated Sametime instant messaging

    · Easy-to-use administration and Account management tools

    · Guest Accounts

    · Business networking capabilities

    · Project Management

    · Dashboard

    · Personal Profile

    · Contact Management

    · Communities

    · Surveys (view only)

    · Charts (view only)

    · Online Storage

    $6/month, unlimited collaborators

    Collaboration Suite (Collaboration and Webmail)

    Basic social networking, instant messaging, webmail, no online meetings

    Includes:

    · Guest Accounts

    · Dashboard

    · Easy-to-use administration and Account management tools

    · Contact Management

    · Business networking capabilities

    · Communities

    · Webmail, contacts and calendaring

    · Robust calendaring and scheduling

    · File sharing

    · Integrated Sametime instant messaging

    · Project Management

    · Personal Profile

    · Surveys (view only)

    · Charts (view only)

    $7/month, unlimited collaborators

    Position opening: Lotus Domino/Notes Messaging Administrator

    February 25, 2011 at 9:04 am | Posted in DAI, Domino, IBM, Lotus, Lotus Notes, Notes | Leave a comment

    We have a position open for a Lotus Domino/Notes Messaging Administrator with Development Alternatives, Inc. (DAI) in Bethesda, MD.

    Go to https://careersdc.dai.com/detail.asp?jobid=dai1898 to find out more and to apply.

    DAI is an absolutely great place to work!

    How to find free Kindle books

    December 29, 2010 at 4:50 pm | Posted in e-Books, Kindle | Leave a comment

    Nice resource from CNET on finding free and not-free Kindle books.

    Other sources:

    http://www.anova.org/
    http://www.baen.com/library/ (Science fiction)
    http://www.bartleby.com/
    http://darrylslibrary.wordpress.com/free-ebooks/
    http://www.ebooksgratuits.com/ebooks.php (Books in French)
    http://feedbooks.com/books/top?order=week
    http://finding-free-ebooks.blogspot.com/search/label/.mobi%20.prc
    http://freekindlebooks.org/
    http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page
    http://www.kindleclassics.org/
    http://manybooks.net
    http://www.mobileread.com/forums/ebooks.php?forumid=128 
    http://www.worldlibrary.net (annual fee)
    http://www.spontaneousderivation.com/kindle/(annual fee)

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